If you’ve visited this blog before, you know my love for Hilton’s Curio Collection runs deep. I love the chance to earn and use hotel points while also getting more of a boutique hotel experience—and often in a property with historical significance, at that! This September, I got the…
My first visit to Birmingham, Alabama was completely unplanned. I had booked a spontaneous trip to Huntsville, a northern Alabama city just under two hours away, because of a last-minute United fare deal, but the airline canceled my return flight. With an extra day to explore, I made the…
I’ve been to Prague numerous times (and even lived there for a couple of years!), but when I visited in September, I did something I’ve never done there before: Use points for free hotel stays. It brought a whole different element to the experience of staying in the city,…